Teen Vogue sat down with Australian actor, Xavier Samuel, to talk about his role as Riley in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
How was filming Eclipse?
“Playing Riley was cool–I get to boss around a bunch of newborn vampires. I had a really good time hanging out with everyone in Vancouver. I play the guitar, so Jackson [Rathbone, aka Jasper in the Twilight Saga] and I had a few jams together–Rob plays as well, he’s really good. It’s kind of awesome when you go to the other side of the world and find a bunch of people who are all into music and like the same bands as you.”
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Are you hooked on any TV shows these days?
“Bryce [Dallas Howard, aka Victoria in Twilight Saga] actually got me a DVD set of Lost which I really want to get into. I don’t really watch that much these days, but I’ll admit I used to watch Dawson’s Creek and The O.C. growing up in Australia. Yes, we do get American TV there–though people think Australians have like one public phone and all ride kangaroos to work.”
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Tell us who’s on your celebrity crush list.
“I’d have to say January Jones from Mad Men, Natalie Portman, and the girl who plays the obsessive fan Mel on Flight of the Conchords.“
For the full interview go to teenvogue.com.



November 13th, 2009 at 11:57 am
he has the pattinson look to him, but not as much as a bad boy. i don’t know if he’ll be able to dethrown robert.
November 13th, 2009 at 11:58 am
xavier is def a hottie
November 13th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
He’s HOT, but that vid is beyond annoying, way to b retarded teen vogue
November 13th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
yum! break me off a slice of that hunk!